Fastener for fu rnitu re



(Na Model.)

W. G. JARVIS. PASTBNB'B. FOR PURNITURB.

No. 447,829. Patented Mar. 10,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM GEORGE JARVIS, OF PIQUA, OHIO.

FASTENER FOR FU RNITU RE..

SPECIFlCATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 447,829, dated March10, 1891.

Application filed May 10, 1890. Serial No. 351.303. (No model.)

. others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to an improvement in wardrobes, book-cases, andsimilar articles of furniture, and more particularly to an improveddevice for securing the parts of such furniture together.

The object of myinvention is to provide a simple and efficient devicefor easily and quickly securing the sectional parts of a piece offurniture together.

A further object is to so construct such fastening device that the partsof a piece of furniture may be easily and quickly unfastened and takenapart, when desired, Without in the least impairing the efficiency ofthe device.

Vith these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, ashereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of a wardrobe having`my improved fastener applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view in sectionthrough a portion of a wardrobe, showing the fastening device inelevation. Fig. 3 represents Views of the fastenerin bottom plan andside elevation, and Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same.

In the drawings the fastener is shown applied to awardrobe comprisingtwo sectionsA B, one located upon the other, and in this instance thepartA is adapted to receive articles to be hung up, and the lower part Bcomprises a series of drawers.

dech B' of part B, close to the edge thereof,

and is adapted to engage an upright A' of the part A, as hereinafterlmore fully explained.

The fastener or button C is preferably made of metal, and comprises ahead D and a stem or handle E. A portion of one face of the head D ismade fiat, to produce a seat a, so that the device may have a fiatbearing` upon the device to which it is pivoted. 'Projecting from theseat ais an eccentric lip b,which is adapted to enter a recess c in theupright portion of the part A of the furniture. The top of the head D ispreferably recessed or dished, and in this dis'hed portion a perforationc' is made for the recept-ion of a screw or pin C2, by means of whichthe fastener is attached to the furniture.

A series of these fasteners or buttons is pivoted to the deck B' nearthe edge thereof, and When the part A is placed in position they areturned by means of theirhandles E, and the lips b made to enter therecesses c in the uprights A' of the part A, and thus securely unite theparts A B together.

Having fully described my invention7 what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a fastening device consisting of a headand a handle, the head being eccent-rically pivoted and having a flatseat on one side and a lip of greater diameter than the seat on theother side, said lip and seat being in planes at convergence ordivergence to each other, substantially ,as set forth.

In testimony Whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo Subscribing witnesses.

WM. GEORGE JARVIS.

Vtnesses:

J. F. DAVIs, O. E. LEOKLIDER.

